When Zani decided to include cupcakes on the menu, she could think of no one better to bake Joburg’s best but Black Vanilla. Beninca (the owner of Black Vanilla) started her small bakery just a few months ago and will now be making a range of exclusive cupcakes, just for The Whippet – I really don’t…
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Peaches, Peaches, we need Canned Peaches!
I hate winter and that inspired me to talk about peaches…..because summer = peaches. True to Linden’s history of being the biggest export region of peaches to Europe in the 1930’s, we want to stock Joburg’s best home made canned peaches. If you understand the art of canned peach making (or simply want to use…
100% organic Hartland honey on its way to the Whippet – Meet Linden’s local beekeeper
When Jaco spoke to Ursula, one of our friends, she mentioned her brother was a beekeeper, I then asked her where her brother stayed………Linden! I could not believe it, Linden has it’s own beekeeper and he lives in 8th street! I immediately set up a meeting to tell him about The Whippet story and asked…
So what has happened in the past 10 days? The Whippet is taking shape…
Firstly I have to appologise for being so quite – the last few days have gone by so quickly and The Whippet is taking on great shape, due to the great help from the people of Linden and everyone following the blog and us on Facebook. We have now received 1,200 visitors to our page…
How to make canned peaches – our 100 year old South African recipe.
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it – Thomas Walker. I have a vivid image of Sunday lunches that fill the memory of my childhood… Sitting around the dining room table with my parents, my brother and myself enjoying…
Cappuccino anyone? What’s your favourite – you choose the Linden Blend………
Some like it skinny, others like it hot, some like it with wings, other prefer it in their favourite mug……yes I am referring to cappuccino. We all have a favourite , it also reflects the way we feel ….” skinny cappuccino for me please”. Coffee drinking in South Africa has exploded, we have moved from…
